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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11304
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14131
13 Actual Demand 11013
14 Aggregate Planning 11943
15 Air Cargo 9853
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6465
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34601
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18957
20 Assembly Line 21699
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22713
22 Average Speed of Answer 26397
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22749
24 Batch Production 37759
25 Bill Discounting 14202
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10884
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6956
28 Blanket Release 9803
29 Bonded Warehouse 9891
30 Booking Number 13477
31 Bottleneck 9280
32 Buffer Stock 58524
33 Build to Stock 12756
34 Bullwhip Effect 9342
35 Business Logistics 25201
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12365
37 Capacity Management 39766
38 Capacity Utilization 13838
39 Capital Intensive 8157
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8445
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11895
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8800
44 Co-Destiny 9083
45 Co-managed Inventory 12249
46 Co-Packers 11585
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6669
48 Computer-Based Training 7535
49 Consular Invoice 19408
50 Container Depot 10414
51 Container Freight Station 10150
52 Continuous Replenishment 19256
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11874
54 Contract Carrier 7221
55 Contract of Affreightment 11227
56 Control Charts 7798
57 Cost Flow 10107
58 Courier Service 14954
59 CPFR 8049
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11586
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43553
62 Date Code 17854
63 Days of Supply 19558
64 Dead on Arrival 9001
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7126
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7910
67 Detective Control 8734
68 Devanning 14042
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10663
70 Dispatching 23834
71 Distributed Inventory 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34231
73 Distribution Metrics 8810
74 Distribution Planning 23969
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14943
76 Double Marginalization 52312
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22062
78 Dual 5311
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20369
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38024
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49075
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7452
84 Efficient Frontier 25093
85 Engineer-to-Order 31373
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16055
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8134
89 Ex Works 7710
90 Exception Rate 13217
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7617
95 Field Warehouse 9739
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8522
97 Fishbone Diagram 14389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26640
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7980
101 FOB Destination 12767
102 Forward buying 29808
103 Freight Charge 10146
104 Freight Consolidation 7374
105 Gantt Chart 8152
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11504
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29265
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12482
109 Hub 23134
110 Idle Time 7908
 
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